It’s the (Merry Christmas) Weekend!

We’d like to send out our best wishes for a very merry Christmas and happy holiday season, as well as a great big thank-you to everyone who dropped by this week to add encouragement, support and, yes, criticism, too. And thanks for helping to spread the word about Nippertown.com.

Of course, we couldn’t possibly cover the wide, wonderful scope of offerings around town without a dedicated and devoted bunch of wonderful writers, photographers, artists, tipsters and other assorted enablers who continually enrich us all with their contributions. So a big salute goes out to this week’s community contributors:

Kirsten Ferguson
Larry Murray
Fred Rudofsky
Steve Nover
J Hunter
Charles Haymes
Joel Patterson
Rudy Lu
Ed Conway
Mike Hotter
Eric Gleason

Please consider adding your name to this list. Just send us something – a review, preview, interview, photo, list, rant, crayon drawing or whatever’s on your mind. Remember, Nippertown is your hometown, and we can’t possibly do this without your help.

Thanks to the fine folks who privided us with cool giveaway merch – tickets, CDs, downloads and other swag – for the faithful Nippertown readers:

Spectrum 8 Theatres, Albany
Ed & Kathy Conway, Amsterdam

And thanks to all of the folks from the area venues and organizations who were gracious enough to provide us with review tickets and/or photo passes for their events:

The Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy
The Egg, Albany
The Moon & River Cafe, Schenectady
The Palace Theatre, Albany
Smith’s, Cohoes
Proctors, Schenectady
Albany Symphony Orchestra, Albany
The Eighth Step, Schenectady
Justin’s, Albany

Thanks for keeping Nippertown alive… and lively.

Merry Christmas from Nippertown,
Sara Ayers
Greg Haymes
Andrzej Pilarczyk